Just as Jerusalem children returned to school in September, some 5,000 renderings of the city by local kindergartners were exhibited on the ceilings of the capital’s light rail trains.

​The participants in the project, titled Children Dream Jerusalem, represent the city’s spectrum of kindergartens: Jewish, Christian and Muslim; secular and religious; and special needs. The project grew out of the preceding year’s theme set by the Ministry of Education—a United Jerusalem—and involved a collaboration between the ministry, the city’s Parents’ Association, various municipal bodies and CityPass, a consortium that operates the light rail.​

​“Children who are educated in Jerusalem toward tolerance and respect for the other are the future and hope of a different Jerusalem,” said Israel Eliassaf of the Parents’ Association. “Change can happen only if you start at kindergarten.”

​Because of the project’s huge scope, the organizers have applied for a Guinness World Record.